Recipe: Delicious Pina Colada Cupcakes

Pina Colada Cupcakes. Pina Colada Cupcakes are a must try dessert! These are soft, moist, fluffy, and brimming with those classic pina colada flavors we all crave! So fun for summer but really these are the perfect cupcake.

I made a few tweaks to each recipe and the result is phenomenal. Just like your favorite frozen cocktail, these cupcakes have all the sunny, tropical flavors of a pina colada! Dip tops of frosted cupcakes in coconut. You can have Pina Colada Cupcakes using 16 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Pina Colada Cupcakes

1. Prepare 1 of and 2/3 cups all purpose flour.
2. It's 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder.
3. You need 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda.
4. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
5. Prepare 1/4 cup of granulated sugar.
6. It's 3/4 cup of light brown sugar, packed.
7. Prepare 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, melted.
8. You need 1 of large egg, room temperature.
9. You need 1/2 cup of pineapple juice, 100% juice.
10. You need 1/2 cup of coconut milk.
11. You need 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
12. It's 3/4 cup of unsalted butter, room temperature.
13. You need 3 cups of confectioner’s sugar.
14. Prepare 1/4 cup of heavy cream.
15. Prepare 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
16. It's 1/4 teaspoon of coconut extract.

Everyone's favorite beach cocktail in cupcake form! Pineapple and coconut cupcakes frosted and decorated with coconut flakes, pineapple, a cherry and a little umbrella. How to Make Pina Colada Cupcakes. These cupcakes will make you feel like you're in the tropics, and making them is about as easy as siting on a beach sipping a frozen cocktail.

Pina Colada Cupcakes step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line muffin pan with cupcake liners.
3. Make cupcakes: In a large bowl mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
4. In a medium sized microwave-safe bowl melt the butter.
5. Whisk in the granulated sugar, brown sugar and egg.
6. Whisk in the pineapple juice, coconut milk and vanilla extract.
7. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Mix until no lumps are left.
8. Fill the cupcake liners 2/3 of the way full.
9. Bake for 20 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
10. Cool on cooling rack completely before frosting.
11. Make the frosting: With an electric mixer or stand mixer beat the softened butter until smooth and creamy.
12. Add the confectioner’s sugar, cream, vanilla and coconut extract.
13. Beat at high speed for 3-4 minutes.
14. Frost cooled cupcakes.

Piña Colada cupcakes are perfect cupcake versions of the drink - complete with coconut How to Make Piña Colada Cupcakes. To give these cupcakes their signature flavor, you'll start with mixing. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. These Pina Colada Cupcakes are made with moist and fluffy pineapple cake topped with a delicious coconut frosting! Inspired by the classic cocktail, these cupcakes are perfect for summer!